2. Overview
Retailer Characteristics
Retail Mix
Food Retailers
General Merchandise
Services Retailing
Services Vs. Merchandise Retailer
Types of Ownership
3. Retailer Characteristics
Convenience
Shopping locally
Benefits the community
Internet
Wal-Mart.com, Ebay.com
Free shipping with in-store pick up
Mobile Phones
Reservations
Quick and easy
Location
Catalogs
Send to another address
4. Retail Mix
Four Elements:
Type of Merchandise
Variety & Assortment
Customer Service
Price
5. Retail Mix
Types of Merchandise:
North American Industry Classification System
Collects data on business activity in each country
6 digit classification
Merchandise retailers: sectors 44 & 45
Most service retailers: sectors 71 & 72
17% of all US retail sales are for motor vehicles
and parts.
Department stores account for 7%.
6. Retail Mix
Variety & Assortment/Services Offered
The # of merchandise categories a retailer offers;
Breadth.
The # of different items offered in a merchandise
category; Depth.
SKU
Store or specific item within
Services:
Display, credit/debit cards, parking, hours
Scheels has specialists for each area
Advantages/Disadvantages of breadth & depth
Cheaper
Costly to retailers & consumers
10. Food Retailers
Supermarkets:
Conventional
Large, self-service, groceries, health & beauty, general
merchandise
Perishables: account for 44% supermarket sales
30,000-40,000 SKUs
Emphasize fresh perishables, target health-
conscious/ethnic consumers, provide better value with
private-label merchandise, & better shopping
experiences.
Offering organic, natural, fair-trade, ethnic, & private-
label goods
11. Food Retailers
Supermarkets cont’d:
Limited-assortment/Extreme-value food
retailers:
2,000 SKUs
1 or 2 brands, private-label
Shipped on crates; no unloading
No credit cards
40% lower prices
12. Food Retailers
Supercenters
Large, 185,000 sq. ft.., inconvenient to some
Wal-Mart: 81% total supercenter sales
Non-food items purchased on impulse
Carry higher % of non-food, focused on dry goods
Hypermarkets
100,000 to 300,000 sq. ft..
Food 60-70%, merchandise 30-40%
Not common in the US, similar to supercenters
Carry higher % of food, greater emphasis on fresh foods
Warehouse Club
100,000 to 150,000 sq. ft..
Limited & irregular assortment of good & general merchandise
Little service at low prices
Costco, Sam’s Club
Buy in bulk, 2 members (Wholesale & Individual)
13. Food Retailers
Convenience Stores
3,000 to 5,000 sq. ft..
Fast services
Limited varieties, higher prices
Offering more fresh food, casual restaurant
foods, new services
Opening smaller stores closer to schools,
work places, & airports
14. General Merchandise
Department Stores
Specialty Stores
Category Specialists
Home Improvement Centers
Discount Stores
Drugstores
Off-Price retailers
Extreme Value Retailers
16. General Merchandise
Department Stores
Broad variety & deep assortment, distinct
departments
Major departments:
Women’s, Men’s, Children’s apparel, cosmetics,
home furnishings, kitchenware, small appliances.
Specific selling space
Major brands
Multi-channel retailing
Better relationships with their key customers
17. General Merchandise
Three Tiers of Department Stores:
First Tier: Upscale, high fashion chains with exclusive
designer merchandise and excellent customer service
Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks
Second Tier: Retailers sell more modestly priced
merchandise with less customer service
Macy’s, Dillards
Third Tier: Value oriented caters to more price conscious
customer
JCPenney, Sears, Kohl’s
18. General Merchandise
Full-Line Discount
Broad variety, limited service, low prices
Offer both Private-label & national
brands
Wal-Mart alone is 67% of discount store
retail sales
Competition from category specialists
that focus on a single category of
merchandise. Staples, Best Buy, Lowes.
19. General Merchandise
Specialty Stores
Limited number of merchandise with a high
level of service
Tailor in retail
strategy. Offer
deep but narrow
assortments.
20. General Merchandise
Drugstores
Concentrate on health and personal grooming
Prescriptions 70% sales
Category Specialists
Offer narrow but deep assortment of merchandise
Self-service
Category killers
Toys R’ Us, Borders, Cabela’s, PetSmart
21. General Merchandise
Extreme-Value
Discount, limited assortment, low price
Target low-income consumers
Family Dollar
Off-Price
Inconsistent assortment of brand-name merchandise
at significant discount
TJ Maxx, Overstock.com
20-60% lower prices
Outlet stores
Closeouts
Irregulars
24. Services Vs. Merchandise
Retailers
Intangibility
Problems in evaluating service quality
Performance of service provider
Simultaneous Production and Consumption
Importance of service provider
Perishability
No inventory, must fill capacity
Inconsistency
Importance of HR management
26. Types of Ownerships
Independent, Single-Store Establishment
Owner managed
Very flexible
Wholesale-sponsored voluntary cooperative
group
Organization operated by a wholesaler offering
a merchandising program to small,
independent retailers on a voluntary basis.
Provide advice on store design/layout, site
selection, bookkeeping & inventory
management systems, an employee training
programs.
27. Types of Ownership
Corporate Retail Chains
Operates multiple chain units
Ranges in size
Franchising
Contractual agreement between franchisor and
franchisee
40% of all US retail sales are supported by the franchisor
Combines advantages of owner-managed businesses
with the efficiencies of centralized decision making.
Franchisees are more motivated to make their stores
successful because they receive the profits
Franchisor is motivated to develop new products and
systems because it receives royalty on sales.
28. Wiki Group 3
Assignment 1
Types of Ownership
Compare the types of ownership and make a
list of advantages and disadvantages of:
Independent, Single Store Establishments
Examples: Shangri-La Clothing, Black Hills Bagels
Corporate Retail Chains
Examples: Target, Wal-Mart, Safeway
Franchising
Examples: McDonald’s, Subway, Ace Hardware
Use a digital story telling method or multimedia to
illustrate the advantages & disadvantages.
(Blabberize, Comic Life, Prezi…) Post to Wiki!
29. Wiki Groups 4 & 5
Assignment 2
Visit 2 different general merchandise retailers and
compare their characteristics such as retail mix,
merchandise or services provides, the variety and
assortment, level of customer service, and price. Choose
from any of the three:
Department Stores (Ex. Macy’s & JCPenny)
Full-Line Discount Stores (Ex. Best Buy & Bed Bath & Beyond)
Specialty Stores (Ex. Hot Topic & Claire’s)
Use a digital story telling method or multimedia
(Blabberize, Comic Life, Prezi…) Post to Wiki!
30. Wiki Groups 6 & 7
Assignment 3
Compare and contrast the intangibility,
simultaneous production and consumption,
perishability, and inconsistency between a
service retailer and merchandise retailer.
Example: Supermarkets and Restaurants
Use a digital story method or multimedia to post
your findings.
(Blabberize, Comic Life, Prezi…) Post to Wiki!
Group 2 choose any one of the three assignments!